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It was formerly known as the Virginia State Library and as the Virginia State Library and Archives. Formally founded by the Virginia General Assembly in 1823, the Library of Virginia organizes, cares for, and manages the state's collection of books and official records, many of which date back to the early colonial period.
The Hornbook includes an 80-page narrative overview of the history of Virginia, a listing of extinct counties and the history of Virginia's current cities and counties (along with historical population figures), listings of Virginia's officeholders from 1607 to the present, descriptions of famous landmarks and institutions in the state (including state parks, colleges and universities ...
The Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) is a consortium of nonprofit academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia.Members include all of the 39 state-assisted colleges and universities (the six doctoral degree-granting universities, nine four-year institutions, and 24 community and two-year branch colleges), as well as 34 of the independent (private, nonprofit) institutions and the ...
The Library in 2013. Two further stories of public space and stacks are underground. The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia is a research library that specializes in American history and literature, history of Virginia and the southeastern United States, the history of the University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, and the history and arts of the ...
The Patrick Henry Building is a historic building located in Richmond, Virginia.Formerly designated simply as the Old State Library or the Virginia State Library and Archives and Virginia Supreme Court, it was renovated, then rededicated and renamed for the Founding Father and former Virginia Governor Patrick Henry on June 13, 2005.
The Dictionary of Virginia Biography (DVB) is a multivolume biographical reference work published by the Library of Virginia that covers aspects of Virginia's history and culture since 1607. The work was intended to run for a projected fourteen volumes, but only three volumes were published, the last in 2006.
According to the FY 2014 Institute of Museum and Library Services Data Catalog, the Bedford Public Library System has a service area population of 75,516 with 1 central library and 5 branch libraries. [3]
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